Short communication, Note
FIRST RECORD OF Alburnusatropatenae (BERG,1925) (CYPRINIDAE) IN NAMAK BASIN, CENTRAL IRAN
Somaye Khataminejad
; Dept. of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmeh Sara, Guilan, Iran. Tel./Fax: +98 182 3223600
Hamed Mousavi-Sabet
; Dept. of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmeh Sara, Guilan, Iran. Tel./Fax: +98 182 3223600
Masud Sattari
; Dept. of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmeh Sara, Guilan, Iran. Tel./Fax: +98 182 3223600
Saber Vatandoust
; Dept. of Fisheries Sciences, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran
Abstract
AlburnusatropatenaeBerg, 1925 is reported for the first time from the River Ghareh-Chay in the Namak basin, central Iran. Previously, this species has onlybeen reported from the LakeOrumiyeh basin, in northwest Iran. In this report twenty-nine specimens were caught on 8 August 2012. Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens were similar to those reported elsewhere for the species.
Keywords
first record; Alburnusatropatenae; Namak basin; River Ghareh-Chay
Hrčak ID:
104958
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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